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States with medical marijuana laws States that have removed jail time for possessing small amounts of marijuana States that have both a medical marijuana law and have removed jail time for possessing small amounts of marijuana Marijuana is legal for adults and is taxed and regulated similarly to alcohol; state also has a medical marijuana lawMarijuana is legal for adults (no sales); medical marijuana law

MPP has been responsible for most of the major state-level marijuana policy reforms enacted in the past 15 years. MPP played the leading role in drafting, funding, and staffing the historic 2012 Amendment 64 initiative in Colorado — which made the state the first place in history to legalize marijuana for adults and regulate it like alcohol — and led the coalitions that passed measures to legalize and regulate marijuana in Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nevada in 2014, 2016, and 2018. MPP also spearheaded the advocacy campaign that made Vermont the first state to legalize marijuana for adults through state legislation in early 2018.

MPP and the campaign committees it funded also played a leading role in successful efforts to pass 13 of the 24 most recent state medical marijuana laws (in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont) and seven of the nine most recent decriminalization laws (in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).

Meanwhile, MPP is also working with patient advocates to advance medical marijuana-related bills in several other states, including Kentucky and South Carolina. In addition, MPP monitors and analyzes all marijuana-related bills in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol. If people can go into a liquor store and buy a bottle of alcohol and drink it at home legally, then why do we say that the use of this other substance is somehow criminal?
Pat Robertson, Chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, The New York Times, March 7, 2012